2015–16 Super League Greece
The 2015–16 Super League Greece was the 80th season of the highest tier in league of Greek football and the tenth under its current title. The season started on 22 August 2015 and ended in May 2016. The league comprised fourteen teams from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 Football League. Olympiacos won their sixth consecutive title and 43rd overall, making a record collection of points (85 out of 90) in a championship of 30 games.[1][2]
Season | 2015–16 |
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Dates | 22 August 2015 – 17 April 2016 |
Champions | Olympiacos 43rd title |
Relegated | Panthrakikos AEL Kalloni |
Champions League | Olympiacos PAOK |
Europa League | Panathinaikos AEK Athens PAS Giannina |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 543 (2.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Kostas Fortounis (18 goals) |
Biggest home win | Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos (17 April 2016) Olympiacos 5–0 AEL Kalloni (17 April 2016) |
Biggest away win | Panetolikos 1–5 Panionios (3 October 2015) |
Highest scoring | Panthrakikos 3–4 Olympiacos (5 December 2015) Panetolikos 2–5 Olympiacos (10 April 2016) Panathinaikos 6–1 Panthrakikos (17 April 2016) |
Longest winning run | Olympiacos (17 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Olympiacos (21 games) |
Longest winless run | AEL Kalloni (13 games) |
Longest losing run | AEL Kalloni (8 games) |
Highest attendance | AEK Athens 1–0 Olympiacos (13 February 2016) 31,121 |
Lowest attendance | Levadiakos 1–1 Iraklis (16 January 2016) 197 |
Total attendance | 1,042,228 |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → |
Teams
Four teams were relegated from the 2014–15 season. Kerkyra and Ergotelis play in Football League for the 2015–16 season. Niki Volos and OFI will play in Gamma Ethniki.
Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Football League, champions AEK Athens and Iraklis, two teams with a long history in the top championship of Greece.
Stadiums and locations

Club | Ap. | Location | Venue | Capacity |
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AEK Athens | 55 | Athens | Olympic Stadium | 69,638 |
Asteras Tripolis | 9 | Tripoli | Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium | 7,616 |
Atromitos | 15 | Peristeri | Peristeri Stadium | 8,969 |
Iraklis | 52 | Thessaloniki | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | 27,770 |
Kalloni | 3 | Mytilene | Mytilene Municipal Stadium | 3,000 |
Levadiakos | 15 | Livadeia | Levadia Municipal Stadium | 6,500 |
Olympiacos | 57 | Piraeus | Karaiskakis Stadium | 33,296 |
Panathinaikos | 57 | Athens | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium | 16,003 |
Panetolikos | 6 | Agrinio | Panetolikos Stadium | 7,500 |
Panionios | 55 | Nea Smyrni | Nea Smyrni Stadium | 11,700 |
Panthrakikos | 6 | Komotini | Komotini Municipal Stadium | 6,200 |
PAOK | 57 | Thessaloniki | Toumba Stadium | 28,703 |
PAS Giannina | 21 | Ioannina | Zosimades Stadium | 7,500 |
Platanias | 4 | Chania | Perivolia Municipal Stadium | 3,700 |
Skoda Xanthi | 27 | Xanthi | Skoda Xanthi Arena | 7,244 |
Veria | 16 | Veria | Veria Stadium | 7,000 |
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Panetolikos | ![]() |
End of contract | End of 2014–15 season | Pre-season | ![]() |
9 June 2015 |
Atromitos | ![]() |
End of 2014–15 season | ![]() |
14 June 2015 | ||
PAOK | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | End of 2014–15 season | ![]() |
18 June 2015 | |
Veria | ![]() |
End of 2014–15 season | ![]() |
18 June 2015 | ||
Olympiacos | ![]() |
Resigned | End of 2014–15 season | ![]() |
7 July 2015 | |
Panthrakikos | ![]() |
Sacked | 15 September 2015 | 16th | ![]() |
19 September 2015 |
Panetolikos | ![]() |
28 September 2015 | 5th | ![]() |
28 September 2015 | |
Panetolikos | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 7 October 2015 | 10th | ![]() |
7 October 2015 |
AEK Athens | ![]() |
Resigned | 20 October 2015 | 4th | ![]() |
20 October 2015 |
AEK Athens | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 28 October 2015 | 3rd | ![]() |
28 October 2015 |
Panathinaikos | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 2 November 2015 | 2nd | ![]() |
2 November 2015 |
Atromitos | ![]() |
Sacked | 3 November 2015 | 13th | ![]() |
4 November 2015 |
Panathinaikos | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 8 November 2015 | 2nd | ![]() |
8 November 2015 |
Kalloni | ![]() |
Sacked | 27 December 2015 | 16th | ![]() |
27 December 2015 |
Veria | ![]() |
18 January 2016 | 12th | ![]() |
22 January 2016 | |
Panthrakikos | ![]() |
26 January 2016 | 15th | ![]() |
26 January 2016 | |
Veria | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 26 January 2016 | 13th | ![]() |
26 January 2016 |
Asteras Tripolis | ![]() |
Resigned | 29 January 2016 | 5th | ![]() |
29 January 2016 |
Asteras Tripolis | ![]() |
End of tenure as caretaker | 29 January 2016 | 6th | ![]() |
29 February 2016 |
PAOK | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 March 2016 | 4th | ![]() |
9 March 2016 |
Panthrakikos | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 16 March 2016 | 15th | ![]() |
17 March 2016 |
Levadiakos | ![]() |
End of contract | 8 April 2016 | 11th | ![]() |
8 April 2016 |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Olympiacos (C) | 30 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 16 | +65 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
2 | Panathinaikos[lower-alpha 1] | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 26 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Play-offs |
3 | AEK Athens[lower-alpha 2] | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 54 | |
4 | PAOK[lower-alpha 3] | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 45 | |
5 | Panionios | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 44 | |
6 | PAS Giannina | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 4] |
7 | Asteras Tripolis | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 41 | |
8 | Atromitos[lower-alpha 5] | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 39[lower-alpha 6] | |
9 | Platanias | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 39[lower-alpha 6] | |
10 | Levadiakos | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 37 | |
11 | Panetolikos | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 35[lower-alpha 7] | |
12 | Iraklis | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 35[lower-alpha 7] | |
13 | Skoda Xanthi | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 33 | |
14 | Veria | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 27 | |
15 | Panthrakikos (R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 58 | −40 | 17 | Relegation to the Football League |
16 | AEL Kalloni (R) | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Play-offs (neutral ground); 7) Draw.
(Note: Criteria 6 is only used if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Panathinaikos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos. The match was awarded as a 3–0 win for Olympiacos.[3]
- AEK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Atromitos.
- PAOK were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against Olympiacos in Greek Cup semifinal match.[4]
- The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.
- Atromitos were deducted 3 points due to extreme fan behavior against AEK.
- Head-to-head points: Atromitos 4, Platanias 1.
- Head-to-head points: Panetolikos 4, Iraklis 1.
Results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Champion and Champions League third qualifying round | |
Qualification for the play-offs | |
Relegation to 2016–17 Football League |
Play-offs
In the play-off for Champions League, the four qualified teams play each other in a home-and-away round robin. However, they do not all start with 0 points: instead, a weighting system applies to the teams' standing at the start of the play-off mini-league. The team finishing in fifth in the Super League will start the play-off with 0 points. Its end-of-season tally of points is then used to calculate the number of points with which the other teams will start the play-offs: more specifically, each of the three other teams participating in the play-offs will have the fifth-placed team's total points tally subtracted from their own points tally and then divided by five – giving the final figure.[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAOK | PAO | AEK | PGSS | |
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2 | PAOK | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Panathinaikos | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | ||
4 | AEK Athens | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 9 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |||
5 | Panionios[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Goals against; 6) Regular season position.[7]
Notes:
- AEK Athens qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round by winning the Greek Cup.
- The fifth-placed team of the 2015–16 Superleague Greece Panionios would have qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round, but were excluded from participating in the 2016–17 European competitions by UEFA for financial reasons. As a result, the berth was given to the sixth-placed team PAS Giannina.
Season statistics
- Updated to games played 17 April 2016
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Best goal and MVP awards winners
Awards
Annual awards
Annual awards were announced on 30 January 2017.[11]
Player of the Year
The Player of the Year awarded to Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
Foreign Player of the Year
The Foreign Player of the Year awarded to Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
Top goalscorer of the Year
The Top goalscorer of the Year awarded to Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
Greek Player of the Year
The Greek Player of the Year awarded to Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos)
Manager of the Year
The Manager of the Year awarded to Marinos Ouzounidis (Panionios)
Breakthrough of the Year
The Breakthrough of the Year awarded to Charis Charisis (PAOK)
Team of the Year
![]() Roberto
Tzavellas
Galo
Moledo
Masuaku
Zeca
Siopis
Bakasetas
Fortounis
Rodriguez
Berg
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- Goalkeeper:
Roberto Jimenez (Olympiacos)
- Defence:
Rodrigo Galo (AEK Athens),
Georgios Tzavellas (PAOK),
Rodrigo Moledo (Panathinaikos),
Arthur Masuaku (Olympiacos)
- Midfield:
Garry Rodriguez (PAOK),
Carlos Zeca (Panathinaikos),
Kostas Fortounis (Olympiacos),
Manolis Siopis (Panionios),
Anastasios Bakasetas (Panionios)
- Attack:
Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos)
Attendances
Average attendances counted officially without games played behind closed gates from Superleague.
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Olympiacos | 272,303 | 30,314 | 13,227 | 20,946 | +21.6%2 |
2 | PAOK | 158,542 | 25,674 | 5,762 | 11,913 | +31.7%2 |
3 | AEK Athens | 162,277 | 31,121 | 2,647 | 11,150 | n/a1,2 |
4 | Panathinaikos | 80,423 | 15,640 | 4,378 | 7,645 | +20.7%2 |
5 | Iraklis | 42,091 | 10,043 | 979 | 3,091 | n/a1 |
6 | Panetolikos | 35,153 | 4,160 | 1,707 | 2,344 | −3.7% |
7 | PAS Giannina | 31,921 | 4,484 | 1,170 | 2,128 | +35.4% |
8 | Platanias | 28,380 | 3,052 | 1,453 | 1,892 | +45.2% |
9 | Asteras Tripolis | 25,204 | 2,558 | 961 | 1,680 | +6.1% |
10 | Panionios | 20,834 | 2,762 | 664 | 1,410 | +40.2% |
11 | Skoda Xanthi | 18,982 | 2,978 | 592 | 1,265 | −17.9% |
12 | Veria | 18,014 | 3,557 | 500 | 1,201 | +1.7% |
13 | Panthrakikos | 17,484 | 2,372 | 686 | 1,166 | +1.5% |
14 | Atromitos | 12,959 | 2,284 | 492 | 960 | −17.8%2 |
15 | AEL Kalloni | 13,811 | 2,159 | 256 | 921 | −4.8% |
16 | Levadiakos | 12,725 | 4,931 | 197 | 858 | −11.6% |
League total | 951,103 | 31,121 | 197 | 3,996 | +27.0% |
References
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- "Αρχειοθετημένο αντίγραφο". Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
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- "Αποφάσεις Επιτροπής Εφέσεων 14/4/2016" [Commission Decisions Appeals 04/14/2016]. Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). 14 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- "Professional league rules" (pdf). Hellenic Football Federation (in Greek). June 2015. p. 22-25. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- "AEK, Aris, PAOK, Olympiakos and the Greek Playoffs: Do they work? | jamesG". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- "Super League play off 2015–2016 - Season rules" (PDF). Superleague Greece. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- "Super League statistics (sorted by goals)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- "Super League statistics (sorted by assists)". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
- "Super League Best goal & MVP". superleaguegreece.net (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- "Η βράβευση των κορυφαίων από τον ΠΣΑΠ". ΠΣΑΠΠ | ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΣ ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟΣ ΑΜΕΙΒΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΤΩΝ ΠΟΔΟΣΦΑΙΡΙΣΤΡΙΩΝ (in Greek). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Greek)